2019 NCAA Division I softball season, Conference standings, Conference winners and tournaments
Of the 31 Division I athletic conferences that sponsor baseball, 27 end their regular seasons with a single-elimination tournament or a double elimination tournament. The teams in each conference that win their regular season title are given the number one seed in each tournament. Four conferences, the Big West, Mountain West, Pac-12, and West Coast Conference do not hold a conference tournament. The winners of these tournaments, plus the Big West, Mountain West, Pac-12, and West Coast Conference regular-season champions, receive automatic invitations to the 2019 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament.


2019 NCAA Division I softball season, National Invitational Softball Championship
UTA Mavericks defeated the Iowa State Cyclones in the championship; Aileen Garcia was named MVP for the series.


2019 NCAA Division I softball season, Women's College World Series, Bracket
The 2019 Women's College World Series will begin on May 30 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.


2019 NCAA Division I softball season, Records
NCAA Division I season perfect games:5 – Nicole Newman, Drake Bulldogs


2019 NCAA Division I softball season, Records
Freshman class single game strikeouts:27 – Kelly Nelson, Holy Cross Crusaders; March 6, 2019 (16 innings)


2019 NCAA Division I softball season, Records
Team consecutive wins streak:41 – Oklahoma Sooners; February 24-May 19, 2019


2019 NCAA Division I softball season, Coaching changes
This table lists programs that changed head coaches at any point from the first day of the 2019 season until the day before the first day of the 2020 season.


2019 NCAA Division I women's gymnastics season
The 2019 NCAA Division I women's gymnastics season will begin in January 2019 and run until the 2019 NCAA Women's Gymnastics Championship during April 19–20, 2019 at the Fort Worth Convention Center in Fort Worth, Texas. The season encompasses the 62 NCAA Division I women's gymnastics team across the United States.


2019 NCAA Division I women's soccer rankings
Three polls make up the 2019 NCAA Division I women's soccer rankings, the United Soccer Coaches Poll, the Soccer America Poll, and the Top Drawer Soccer Poll. They represent the ranking system for the 2019 NCAA Division I women's soccer season.


2019 NCAA Division I women's soccer season
The 2019 NCAA Division I women's soccer season was the 38th season of NCAA championship women's college soccer.


2019 NCAA Division I women's soccer season, Preseason, New programs
The Merrimack Warriors began the transition from Division II to Division I and joined the Northeast Conference.


2019 NCAA Division I women's soccer season, Preseason, New programs
Long Island University announced in October 2018 that its two then-current athletic programs—the Division I LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds and the Division II LIU Post Pioneers—would merge into a single Division I athletic program under the LIU name after the 2018–19 school year. The unified program, which maintains LIU Brooklyn's Division I and Northeast Conference memberships, announced its new nickname of Sharks on May 15, 2019. With both campuses sponsoring women's soccer, the two teams became a single LIU team based at the Post campus in Nassau County, New York in the 2019 season.


2019 NCAA Division I women's soccer season, Preseason, New programs
Three schools that sponsor women's soccer will begin transitions from Division II in the 2020–21 school year. Bellarmine will join the ASUN Conference, Dixie State will join the Western Athletic Conference, and UC San Diego will join the Big West Conference.


2019 NCAA Division I women's soccer season, Preseason, New programs, Rebranded programs
In addition to LIU, one other Division I women's soccer program assumed a new athletic identity during the 2018–19 offseason. On July 1, 2019, the University of Missouri–Kansas City (UMKC) announced that its athletic program, previously known as the UMKC Kangaroos, would henceforth be known as the Kansas City Roos, with "Roos" having long been used as a short form of the historic "Kangaroos" nickname.


2019 NCAA Division I women's soccer season, Preseason, Conference realignment
This was also the final season for four programs in their current conferences. The Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunners and Kansas City Roos will both leave the Western Athletic Conference in July 2020, with the Roadrunners joining the Big West Conference and the Roos returning to their former conference home of the Summit League. At the same time, the Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodons will leave the Summit League for the Horizon League, and the UConn Huskies will leave the American Athletic Conference to join several of their former conference mates in the Big East Conference.


2019 NCAA Division I women's soccer season, Regular season, Major upsets
In this list, a "major upset" is defined as a game won by a team ranked 10 or more spots lower or an unranked team that defeats a team ranked #15 or higher.


2019 NCAA Division I women's soccer season, Award winners, All-America teams
Jordyn Bloomer, GK, WisconsinMalia Berkley, DF, Florida StateGrace Fisk, DF, South CarolinaEmily Fox, DF, North CarolinaNaomi Girma, DF, StanfordStasia Mallin, DF, MemphisMikayla Colohan, MF, BYUJessie Fleming, MF, UCLACatarina Macario, MF, StanfordBrianna Pinto, MF, North CarolinaAmirah Ali, FW, RutgersKirsten Davis, FW, Texas TechElise Flake, FW, BYUTara McKeown, FW, USCAlessia Russo, FW, North CarolinaAlly Watt, FW, Texas A&M


2019 NCAA Division I women's soccer season, Award winners, All-America teams
Angelina Anderson, GK, CaliforniaAmanda McGlynn, GK, Virginia TechCamryn Biegalski, DF, WisconsinSydney Cummings, DF, BrownKaleigh Riehl, DF, Penn StateKim Rodriguez, DF, Oklahoma StateDeyna Castellanos, MF, Florida StateAerial Chavarin, MF, YaleEmina Ekic, MF, LouisvilleRoma McLaughlin, MF, Central ConnecticutLucy Porter, MF, HofstraSarah Stratigakis, MF, MichiganMadison Haley, FW, StanfordClarissa Larisey, FW, MemphisDani Rhodes, FW, WisconsinRaimee Sherle, FW, Boise StateEvelyne Viens, FW, South Florida


2019 NCAA Division I women's soccer season, Award winners, All-America teams
Mikayla Krzeczowski, GK, South CarolinaMaycee Bell, DF, North CarolinaCassie Hiatt, DF, Texas TechAlyssa Jefferson, DF, BYUKiki Pickett, DF, StanfordHaley VanFossen, DF, ArkansasSamantha Dewey, MF, XavierPaula Germino-Watnick, MF, GeorgetownJulia Grosso, MF, TexasTziarra King, MF, NC StateTaylor Kornieck, MF, ColoradoAtlanta Primus, MF, Cal State FullertonSabrina Byran, FW, HofstraKatie McClure, FW, KansasMeghan McCool, FW, VirginiaAnna Podojil, FW, ArkansasEvdokia Popadinova, FW, Florida Gulf CoastMorgan Weaver, FW, Washington State


2019 NCAA Division II Baseball Tournament
The 2019 NCAA Division II Baseball Tournament decided the champion of baseball at the NCAA Division II level for the 2019 season. the Tampa Spartans won their eighth national championship in program history by defeating the Colorado Mesa Mavericks, who were playing in their second national championship. Head Coach Joe Urso won his fifth national championship in his tenure at Tampa. This tournament also introduced a super regional round to the tournament as the eight regionals were instead split into sixteen. Following which, the regional champions would face off in a best-of-three super regional, the winners of the super regionals would then advance to the College World Series.


2019 NCAA Division II Baseball Tournament, Regionals, East Region
Super Regional Hosted by Southern New Hampshire at Penmen Field


2019 NCAA Division II Baseball Tournament, Regionals, South Region
Super Regional hosted by Tampa at University of Tampa Baseball Field


2019 NCAA Division II Cross Country Championships
The 2019 NCAA Division II Cross Country Championships was the 62nd annual NCAA Men's Division II Cross Country Championship and the 39th annual NCAA Women's Division II Cross Country Championship to determine the team and individual national champions of NCAA Division II men's and women's collegiate cross country running in the United States. In all, four different titles were contested: men's and women's individual and team championships. Results were track and field results reporting system.


2019 NCAA Division II Cross Country Championships
In the men's 10k, Ezra Mutai of American International College took home the individual title in 29:31.2, while Colorado School of Mines won the team title, scoring 57 points and defeating second-placed Adams State University (136) and third-placed California State University, Chico (143). In the women's 6k, Stephanie Cotter of the Adams State University won the individual title in 19:15.5, while Adams State University won the team title with 23 points, beating second-placed Grand Valley State University (87) and third-placed Colorado School of Mines (133).


2019 NCAA Division II Football Championship Game
The 2019 NCAA Division II Football Championship Game was a postseason college football game that determined a national champion in NCAA Division II for the 2019 season. It was played at McKinney ISD Stadium in McKinney, Texas, on December 21, 2019, with kickoff at 3:00 p.m. EST (2:00 p.m. local CST), and television coverage on ESPNU.


2019 NCAA Division II Football Championship Game, Teams
The participants of the 2019 NCAA Division II Football Championship Game were the finalists of the 2019 Division II Playoffs, which began with four 7-team brackets to determine super region champions, who then qualified for the national semifinals. The game featured the winners of those national semifinal games: No. 4 seed West Florida and No. 3 seed Minnesota State. This was the first meeting between the two teams. West Florida defeated Minnesota State, 48–40 to win the 2019 NCAA Division II Football Championship.


2019 NCAA Division II Football Championship Game, Teams, National semifinals
Super region champions were seeded 1 to 4 for the national semifinals.


2019 NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2019 NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Tournament is the 63rd annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division II college basketball in the United States. Featuring sixty-four teams, it began on March 16, and concluded with the championship game on March 30.


2019 NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Tournament
The eight regional winners met in the Elite Eight for the quarterfinal, semifinal, and championship rounds. The Elite Eight was held at the Ford Center in Evansville, Indiana. The tournament concluded with Northwest Missouri State winning its 2nd national title completing a 38-0 season.


2019 NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Tournament, Qualification
A total of 64 bids are available for each tournament: 24 automatic bids (awarded to the champions of the twenty-two Division II conferences) and 40 at-large bids.


2019 NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Tournament, Qualification
The sixty-four bids are allocated evenly among the eight NCAA-designated regions (Atlantic, Central, East, Midwest, South, South Central, Southeast, and West), each of which contains three of the twenty-four Division II conferences that sponsor men's basketball. Each region consists of three automatic qualifiers (the teams who won their respective conference tournaments) and five at-large bids (which are awarded regardless of conference affiliation).


2019 NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Tournament, Qualification
Seven teams qualified for their first NCAA Division II tournament in 2019: Concordia-Irvine, Daemen, Emmanuel, Molloy, Notre Dame (Ohio), Nova Southeastern, and Walsh.


2019 NCAA Division II Men's Soccer Championship
The 2019 NCAA Division II Men's Soccer Championship was the 48th annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of NCAA Division II men's collegiate soccer in the United States. The semifinals and championship game were played at Highmark Stadium in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from December 12–14, 2019 while the preceding rounds were played at various sites across the country during November 2019.


2019 NCAA Division II Men's Soccer Championship, Qualification
All Division II men's soccer programs were eligible to qualify for the 38-team tournament field. No teams received automatic bids; at-large bids are based on the teams' regular season records and the Quality of Winning Percentage Index. Teams were placed into one of four unbalanced super-regional brackets, consisting of eight or ten teams, based on geographic location.


2019 NCAA Division II Women's Basketball Tournament
The 2019 NCAA Division II Women's Basketball Tournament involved 64 teams playing in a single-elimination tournament to determine the NCAA Division II women's college basketball national champion. It began on March 15, 2019, and concluded with the championship game on March 29, 2019.


2019 NCAA Division II Women's Basketball Tournament
The first three rounds were hosted by top-seeded teams in regional play. The eight regional winners met for the quarterfinal and semifinals, better known as the "Elite Eight" and "Final Four" respectively, and National Championship game at Alumni Hall in Columbus, Ohio. In the title game, Lubbock Christian defeated Southwestern Oklahoma State in double overtime to win their second Division II championship.


2019 NCAA Division II Women's Basketball Tournament, Bracket, Finals
Quarterfinals, semifinals and finals were hosted at Alumni Hall in Columbus, Ohio. Regional winners are reseeded in the quarterfinals.


2019 NCAA Division II football rankings
The 2019 NCAA Division II football rankings are from the AFCA Coaches and from D2Football.com. This is for the 2019 season.


2019 NCAA Division II football season
The 2019 NCAA Division II football season, part of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division II level, began on August 31 and ended on December 21 with the Division II championship at the McKinney Independent School District Stadium in McKinney, Texas, hosted by the Lone Star Conference.


2019 NCAA Division II football season, Conference changes and new programs, Membership changes
Davenport completed its transition to Division II and became eligible for the postseason.


2019 NCAA Division III Baseball Tournament
The 2019 NCAA Division III Baseball Tournament will be played at the end of the 2019 NCAA Division III baseball season to determine the 44th national champion of college baseball at the NCAA Division III (D-III) level. The tournament will conclude with eight teams competing at Perfect Game Field at Veterans Memorial Stadium in Cedar Rapids, Iowa for the championship. Eight regional tournaments will be held to determine the participants in the World Series.


2019 NCAA Division III Baseball Tournament
This will be the first year in which the regional tournaments will be contested in a "Super Regional" format, mirroring the Division I and II tournaments. Each "Super Regional" will be split into two regionals, 13 consisting of four teams to be contested in double-elimination format, with the other 3 consisting of 2 teams to be contested in a best-of-five format, for a total of 58 teams in the tournament. The regionals will be followed by the "Super Regional" round, which will be contested as a best-of-three series between the two regional winners for the spot in the D-III World Series.


2019 NCAA Division III Baseball Tournament
This will be the first D-III World Series contested at Veterans Memorial Stadium in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, which won the hosting rights for the D-III World Series from 2019–2022. The event will be hosted by the American Rivers Conference, which was known as the Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference when hosting rights were awarded in 2017.


2019 NCAA Division III Baseball Tournament, Regionals, Concordia-Chicago Super Regional, Whitewater, Wisconsin Regional
Prucha Field at James B. Miller Stadium-Whitewater, WI (Host: University of Wisconsin-Whitewater)


2019 NCAA Division III Baseball Tournament, Regionals, Babson Super Regional, Hartford, Connecticut Regional
Murren Family Field at DiBenedetto Stadium-Hartford, CT (Host: Trinity College (CT))


2019 NCAA Division III Baseball Tournament, Regionals, Johns Hopkins Super Regional, Baltimore, Maryland Regional
Babb Field at Stromberg Stadium-Baltimore, MD (Host: Johns Hopkins University)


2019 NCAA Division III Baseball Tournament, Regionals, Johns Hopkins Super Regional, Super Regional
Babb Field at Stromberg Stadium-Baltimore, MD (Host: Johns Hopkins University)


2019 NCAA Division III Baseball Tournament, Regionals, Birmingham-Southern Super Regional, St. Louis, Missouri Regional
Kelly Field at Irv Utz Stadium-St. Louis, MO (Host: Washington University in St. Louis)


2019 NCAA Division III Baseball Tournament, World Series
Perfect Game Field at Veterans Memorial Stadium-Cedar Rapids, IA (Host: American Rivers Conference) Final game was June 4.


2019 NCAA Division III Cross Country Championships
The 2019 NCAA Division III Cross Country Championships was the 47th annual NCAA Men's Division III Cross Country Championship and the 39th annual NCAA Women's Division III Cross Country Championship to determine the team and individual national champions of NCAA Division III men's and women's collegiate cross country running in the United States. In all, four different titles were contested: men's and women's individual and team championships..


2019 NCAA Division III Cross Country Championships
The women's race team title was won by Johns Hopkins, their 6th title (and 3rd title in the previous 4 years). The women's individual title was won by Parley Hannah of Ithaca, becoming the first Bomber to win the women's race in program history. In the men's race, the team title was won by Pomona-Pitzer, their 1st title. The men's individual title went to Patrick Watson Stevenson, becoming the first ever individual national champion for his school


2019 NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2019 NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Tournament was a single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division III college basketball in the United States. Featuring sixty-four teams, it began on March 1, 2019, following the 2018–19 season, and concluded with the championship game on March 16, 2019.


2019 NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Tournament
The national semifinal and championship rounds was held for the first time at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum in Fort Wayne, Indiana. The tournament was won by the UW–Oshkosh Titans.


2019 NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Tournament, Qualifying teams, Automatic bids (43)
The following 43 teams were automatic qualifiers for the 2018 NCAA field by virtue of winning their conference's automatic bid.


2019 NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Tournament, Qualifying teams, At-large bids (21)
The following 21 teams were awarded qualification for the 2018 NCAA field by the NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Committee. The committee evaluated teams on the basis of their win-loss percentage, strength of schedule, head-to-head results, results against common opponents, and results against teams included in the NCAA's final regional rankings.


2019 NCAA Division III Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
The 2019 NCAA Division III Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the culmination of the 2018–19 season, the 36th such tournament in NCAA history. It concluded with Wisconsin–Stevens Point defeating Norwich in the championship game 3-2 in overtime. All First Round and Quarterfinal matchups were held at home team venues, while all succeeding games were played at the K.B. Willett Arena in Stevens Point, Wisconsin.


2019 NCAA Division III Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
Wisconsin–Stevens Point became the first Division III team to win a National Championship without losing a single game during the season.


2019 NCAA Division III Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Qualifying teams
Twelve teams qualified for the tournament in the following ways: (Pool A) eight teams received bids as a result of being conference tournament champions from conferences that possessed an automatic bid, (Pool C) four additional teams received at-large bids based upon their records.


2019 NCAA Division III Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Format
The tournament featured four rounds of play. All rounds were Single-game elimination.


2019 NCAA Division III Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Format
Because fewer than four western teams qualified, the tournament was arranged so that all western teams were placed into one quarterfinal bracket. The nine eastern qualifying eastern teams were arranged evenly across the remaining three quarterfinal brackets. The top three eastern seeds and the top western seed received byes into the quarterfinal round and were arranged so that the bracket containing the top overall seed would play the bracket containing the third eastern seed.


2019 NCAA Division III Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Format
The six eastern teams in the quarterfinals were arranged so that the fourth- and ninth-seeded teams would play with the winner advancing to play the third eastern seed, the fifth- and eighth-seeded teams would play with the winner advancing to play the second eastern seed and the sixth- and seventh-seeded teams would play with the winner advancing to play the first eastern seed. The second and third western teams would play in the first round with the winner advancing to face the top western seed.


2019 NCAA Division III Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Format
In the First Round and Quarterfinals the higher-seeded team served as host.


2019 NCAA Division III football season
The 2019 NCAA Division III football season is the component of the 2019 college football season organized by the NCAA at the Division III level in the United States. The regular season began on September 5 and culminated on November 16.


2019 NCAA Division III football season
The season's playoffs ended with the NCAA Division III Football Championship (also known as the Stagg Bowl) at Woodforest Bank Stadium in Shenandoah, Texas, hosted by the University of Mary Hardin–Baylor.


2019 NCAA Division III football season
The annual Cortaca Jug game between Ithaca and Cortland on November 16 was moved to MetLife Stadium in honor of the 150th anniversary of college football. It became the most-attended game in Division III history, with 45,161 fans watching Ithaca defeat Cortland 32–20.


2019 NCAA Division III football season, Conference changes and new programs, Membership changes
Belhaven completed its transition to Division III and became eligible for the postseason.


2019 NCAA Division III football season, Postseason
Twenty-seven conferences met the requirements for an automatic ("Pool A") bid to the playoffs.


2019 NCAA Division III football season, Postseason
There were no "Pool B" bids this year, slots normally allocated to schools not in a Pool A conference.


2019 NCAA Division III football season, Postseason
The remaining five playoff spots were at-large ("Pool C") teams.


2019 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans
An All-American team is an honorary sports team composed of the best amateur players of a specific season for each team position—who in turn are given the honorific "All-America" and typically referred to as "All-American athletes", or simply "All-Americans". Although the honorees generally do not compete together as a unit, the term is used in U.S. team sports to refer to players who are selected by members of the national media. Walter Camp selected the first All-America team in the early days of American football in 1889.


2019 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans
The 2019 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans are honorary lists that will include All-American selections from the Associated Press (AP), the United States Basketball Writers Association (USBWA), the Sporting News (TSN), and the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) for the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. All selectors choose three teams, while AP also lists honorable mention selections.


2019 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans
The Consensus 2019 College Basketball All-American team was determined by aggregating the results of the four major All-American teams as determined by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). Since United Press International was replaced by TSN in 1997, the four major selectors have been the aforementioned ones. AP has been a selector since 1948, NABC since 1957 and USBWA since 1960. To earn "consensus" status, a player must win honors based on a point system computed from the four different all-America teams.


2019 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans
The point system consists of three points for first team, two points for second team and one point for third team. No honorable mention or fourth team or lower are used in the computation. The top five totals plus ties are first team and the next five plus ties are second team.


2019 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans
Although the aforementioned lists are used to determine consensus honors, there are numerous other All-American lists. The ten finalists for the John Wooden Award are described as Wooden All-Americans. The ten finalists for the Senior CLASS Award are described as Senior All-Americans. Other All-American lists include those determined by USA Today, Fox Sports, Yahoo! Sports and many others. The scholar-athletes selected by College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) are termed Academic All-Americans.


2019 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans, Academic All-Americans
On March 11, 2019, the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) announced the 2019 Academic All-America team, with Joe Sherburne headlining the NCAA Division I team as the men's college basketball Academic All-American of the Year. The following is the 2018–19 Academic All-America Division I Men's Basketball Team as selected by CoSIDA:


2019 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans, Senior All-Americans
The ten finalists for the Senior CLASS Award, called Senior All-Americans, were announced on February 8, 2019. The first and second teams, as well as the award winner, were announced during the lead-in to the Final Four. The overall award winner is indicated in bold type.


2019 NCAA Men's National Collegiate Volleyball Tournament
The 2019 NCAA Men's National Collegiate Volleyball Tournament was the 50th annual tournament to determine the national champion of NCAA Division I and Division II men's collegiate indoor volleyball. The single-elimination tournament began on April 25 with a play-in match, with the remainder of the tournament hosted by Long Beach State University from April 30 to May 4 at Walter Pyramid in Long Beach.


2019 NCAA Men's Soccer All-Americans
An All-American team is an honorary sports team composed of the best amateur players of a specific season for each team position—who in turn are given the honorific "All-America" and typically referred to as "All-American athletes", or simply "All-Americans". Although the honorees generally do not compete together as a unit, the term is used in U.S. team sports to refer to players who are selected by members of the national media. Walter Camp selected the first All-America team in the early days of American football in 1889.


2019 NCAA Men's Soccer All-Americans
The 2019 NCAA Men's Soccer All-Americans are honorary lists that include All-American selections from the United Soccer Coaches (USC), Top Drawer Soccer (TDS), Soccer America (TSN), and College Soccer News for the 2019 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. All selectors choose at least a first, second, and third 11-man team.


2019 NCAA Men's Soccer All-Americans
Although the aforementioned lists are used to determine consensus honors, there are numerous other All-American lists. The three finalists for the Hermann Trophy are described as Hermann All-Americans. The ten finalists for the Senior CLASS Award are described as Senior All-Americans. Other All-American lists include those determined by Hero Sports and many others. The scholar-athletes selected by College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) are termed Academic All-Americans.


2019 NCAA Men's Soccer All-Americans, Individual All-America teams, By player
This list is of players who were named first-team All-Americans by each respective publication.


2019 NCAA Men's Soccer All-Americans, Academic All-Americans
CoSIDA names three Academic All-American teams for the 2019 season.


2019 NCAA Men's Soccer All-Americans, Senior All-Americans
The 10 finalists for the Senior CLASS Award are considered Senior All-Americans.


2019 NCAA National Collegiate Women's Ice Hockey Tournament
The 2019 NCAA National Collegiate Women's Ice Hockey Tournament involved eight schools in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of women's NCAA Division I college ice hockey. The quarterfinals was played at the campuses of the seeded teams on Saturday, March 16, 2019. The Frozen Four was played on March 22 and 24, 2019 at People's United Center in Hamden, Connecticut. Quinnipiac University hosted the tournament, the second time that it and People's United Center hosted the Frozen Four. It was the third year that the Big Ten Network aired the championship game live and the second year the semifinals was aired live on BTN.


2019 NCAA National Collegiate Women's Ice Hockey Tournament, Qualifying teams
In the fifth year under this qualification format, the winners of all four Division I conference tournaments received automatic berths to the NCAA tournament. The other four teams were selected at-large. The top four teams were then seeded and received home ice for the quarterfinals.


2019 NCAA National Collegiate Women's Ice Hockey Tournament, Results, National Quarterfinals
March 16 Syracuse 0 at Wisconsin 4 at LaBahn Arena in Madison, Wisconsin


2019 NCAA National Collegiate Women's Ice Hockey Tournament, Results, National Quarterfinals
02:33 2nd Period: EV WISCONSIN GOAL Annie Pankowski ASSISTS Emily Clark and Alexis Mauermann (1-0)


2019 NCAA National Collegiate Women's Ice Hockey Tournament, Results, National Quarterfinals
12:19 2nd Period: EV WISCONSIN GOAL Annie Pankowski ASSIST Emily Clark (2-0)


2019 NCAA National Collegiate Women's Ice Hockey Tournament, Results, National Quarterfinals
12:16 3rd Period: EV WISCONSIN GOAL Abby Roque UNASSISTED (3-0)


2019 NCAA National Collegiate Women's Ice Hockey Tournament, Results, National Quarterfinals
18:53 3rd Period: EV WISCONSIN GOAL Presley Norby ASSISTS Sophia Shaver and Maddie Rowe (4-0)


2019 NCAA National Collegiate Women's Ice Hockey Tournament, Results, National Quarterfinals
March 16 Boston College 1 at Clarkson 2 at Cheel Arena in Potsdam, New York


2019 NCAA National Collegiate Women's Ice Hockey Tournament, Results, National Quarterfinals
13:24 1st Period: EV BOSTON COLLEGE GOAL Daryl Watts ASSIST Serena Sommerfield (1-0)


2019 NCAA National Collegiate Women's Ice Hockey Tournament, Results, National Quarterfinals
16:57 3rd Period: EV CLARKSON GOAL Josiane Pozzebon ASSIST Cassidy Vinkle (1-1)


2019 NCAA National Collegiate Women's Ice Hockey Tournament, Results, National Quarterfinals
14:38 Overtime EV CLARKSON GOAL Élizabeth Giguère ASSISTS Michaela Pejzlová and Emma Keenan (2-1)


2019 NCAA National Collegiate Women's Ice Hockey Tournament, Results, National Quarterfinals
02:11 1st Period: BOSTON COLLEGE PENALTY Erin Connolly, Body Checking


2019 NCAA National Collegiate Women's Ice Hockey Tournament, Results, National Quarterfinals
05:45 2nd Period BOSTON COLLEGE PENALTY Makenna Newkirk, Cross Checking


2019 NCAA National Collegiate Women's Ice Hockey Tournament, Results, National Quarterfinals
March 16 Princeton 2 at Minnesota 5 at Ridder Arena in Minneapolis, Minnesota


2019 NCAA National Collegiate Women's Ice Hockey Tournament, Results, National Quarterfinals
05:26 1st Period: EV PRINCETON GOAL Sarah Fillier ASSIST Maggie Connors (1-0)


2019 NCAA National Collegiate Women's Ice Hockey Tournament, Results, National Quarterfinals
07:12 1st Period: EV MINNESOTA GOAL Sarah Potomak ASSISTS Amy Potomak and Kelly Pannek (1-1)


2019 NCAA National Collegiate Women's Ice Hockey Tournament, Results, National Quarterfinals
18:05 1st Period: EV MINNESOTA GOAL Amy Potomak ASSISTS Kelly Pannek and Sarah Potomak (2-1)


2019 NCAA National Collegiate Women's Ice Hockey Tournament, Results, National Quarterfinals
02:43 2nd Period: EV PRINCETON GOAL Sarah Fillier ASSISTS Carly Bullock and Mariah Keopple (2-2)


2019 NCAA National Collegiate Women's Ice Hockey Tournament, Results, National Quarterfinals
11:47 3rd Period: EV MINNESOTA GOAL Kelly Pannek ASSIST Sarah Potomak (3-2)


2019 NCAA National Collegiate Women's Ice Hockey Tournament, Results, National Quarterfinals
18:54 3rd Period: EV MINNESOTA GOAL Sarah Potomak UNASSISTED (4-2)


2019 NCAA National Collegiate Women's Ice Hockey Tournament, Results, National Quarterfinals
19:46 3rd Period: EV MINNESOTA GOAL Nicole Schammel ASSIST Taylor Williamson (5-2)


2019 NCAA National Collegiate Women's Ice Hockey Tournament, Results, National Quarterfinals
March 16 Cornell 3 at Northeastern 2 at Matthews Arena in Boston, Massachusetts


2019 NCAA National Collegiate Women's Ice Hockey Tournament, Results, National Quarterfinals
13:28 1st Period: EV CORNELL GOAL Amy Curlew ASSISTS Kristin O'Neill and Grace Graham (1-0)


2019 NCAA National Collegiate Women's Ice Hockey Tournament, Results, National Quarterfinals
19:28 1st Period: PP CORNELL GOAL Grace Graham ASSISTS Devon Facchinato and Willow Slobodzian (2-0)


2019 NCAA National Collegiate Women's Ice Hockey Tournament, Results, National Quarterfinals
09:32 3rd Period: EV NORTHEASTERN GOAL Veronika Pettey ASSIST Andrea Renner (1-2)


2019 NCAA National Collegiate Women's Ice Hockey Tournament, Results, National Quarterfinals
14:31 3rd Period: EV NORTHEASTERN GOAL Skylar Fontaine ASSISTS Tori Sullivan and Brooke Hobson (2-2)


2019 NCAA National Collegiate Women's Ice Hockey Tournament, Results, National Quarterfinals
05:19 Overtime: EV CORNELL GOAL Gillis Frechette ASSISTS Diana Buckley and Devon Facchinato (3-2)


2019 NCAA National Collegiate Women's Ice Hockey Tournament, Results, National Semifinals
March 22 Cornell 0 vs. Minnesota 2 at People's United Center in Hamden, Connecticut


2019 NCAA National Collegiate Women's Ice Hockey Tournament, Results, National Semifinals
12:09 2nd Period: PP MINNESOTA GOAL Nicole Schammel ASSISTS Emily Oden and Olivia Knowles (1-0)


2019 NCAA National Collegiate Women's Ice Hockey Tournament, Results, National Semifinals
19:27 3rd Period: EV EN MINNESOTA GOAL Sarah Potomak UNASSISTED (2-0)


2019 NCAA National Collegiate Women's Ice Hockey Tournament, Results, National Semifinals
March 22 Clarkson 0 vs. Wisconsin 5 at People's United Center in Hamden, Connecticut


2019 NCAA National Collegiate Women's Ice Hockey Tournament, Results, National Semifinals
09:29 2nd Period: EV WISCONSIN GOAL Abby Roque ASSISTS Britta Curl and Natalie Buchbinder (1-0)


2019 NCAA National Collegiate Women's Ice Hockey Tournament, Results, National Semifinals
10:52 3rd Period: EV WISCONSIN GOAL Sam Cogan ASSISTS Mikaela Gardner and Emily Clark (2-0)


2019 NCAA National Collegiate Women's Ice Hockey Tournament, Results, National Semifinals
13:47 3rd Period: EV WISCONSIN GOAL Annie Pankowski ASSIST Sam Cogan (3-0)


2019 NCAA National Collegiate Women's Ice Hockey Tournament, Results, National Semifinals
18:40 3rd Period: EV EN WISCONSIN GOAL Annie Pankowski ASSIST Sam Cogan (4-0)


2019 NCAA National Collegiate Women's Ice Hockey Tournament, Results, National Semifinals
19:05 3rd Period: EV WISCONSIN GOAL Presley Norby ASSISTS Sophia Shaver and Caitlin Schneider (5-0)


2019 NCAA National Collegiate Women's Ice Hockey Tournament, Results, National Championship
March 24 Minnesota 0 vs. Wisconsin 2 at People's United Center in Hamden, Connecticut


2019 NCAA National Collegiate Women's Ice Hockey Tournament, Results, National Championship
10:20 1st Period: EV WISCONSIN GOAL Sophia Shaver ASSISTS Presley Norby and Nicole LaMantia (1-0)


2019 NCAA National Collegiate Women's Ice Hockey Tournament, Results, National Championship
09:15 2nd Period: SH WISCONSIN GOAL Annie Pankowski ASSIST Abby Roque (2-0)


2019 NCAA National Collegiate Women's Ice Hockey Tournament, Media, Television
Big Ten Network televised the semifinals and championship during their multi-year contract to carry the event. It would end up being the last time they carried the event as the 2020 tournament would go on to be canceled, and ESPN would purchase the rights beginning with 2021.


2019 NCAA Rifle Championships
The 2019 NCAA Rifle Championships took place from March 8 to March 9 in Morgantown, West Virginia, at the WVU Coliseum. The tournament went into its 40th consecutive NCAA Rifle Championships, and featured eight teams across all divisions.


2019 NCAA Women's Basketball All-Americans
An All-American team is an honorary sports team composed of the best amateur players of a specific season for each team position—who in turn are given the honorific "All-America" and typically referred to as "All-American athletes", or simply "All-Americans". Although the honorees generally do not compete together as a unit, the term is used in U.S. team sports to refer to players who are selected by members of the national media. Walter Camp selected the first All-America team in the early days of American football in 1889.


2019 NCAA Women's Basketball All-Americans
The 2019 NCAA Women's Basketball All-Americans are honorary lists that will include All-American selections from the Associated Press (AP), the United States Basketball Writers Association (USBWA), and the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) for the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. Both AP and USBWA choose three teams, while WBCA lists 10 honorees.


2019 NCAA Women's Basketball All-Americans
A consensus All-America team in women's basketball has never been organized. This differs from the practice in men's basketball, in which the NCAA uses a combination of selections by AP, USBWA, the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC), and the Sporting News to determine a consensus All-America team. The selection of a consensus All-America men's basketball team is possible because all four organizations select at least a first and second team, with only the USBWA not selecting a third team.


2019 NCAA Women's Basketball All-Americans
Before the 2017–18 season, it was impossible for a consensus women's All-America team to be determined because the AP had been the only body that divided its women's selections into separate teams. The USBWA first named separate teams in 2017–18. The women's counterpart to the NABC, the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA), continues the USBWA's former practice of selecting a single 10-member (plus ties) team. The Sporting News does not select an All-America team in women's basketball.


2019 NCAA Women's Basketball All-Americans, Academic All-Americans
The College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) announced its 15-member 2019 Academic All-America team on March 11, 2019, divided into first, second and third teams with Mikayla Ferenz of Idaho chosen as women's college basketball Academic All-American of the Year.


2019 NCAA Women's Basketball All-Americans, Academic All-Americans
When a player is listed with two grade-point averages, the first is her undergraduate GPA. Players listed with two majors separated by a slash are double majors unless explicitly designated as undergraduate and graduate programs.


2019 NCAA Women's Gymnastics Championship
The 2019 NCAA Women's Gymnastics Championships were held April 19–20, 2019, at the Fort Worth Convention Center in Fort Worth, Texas. The national championship has changed to a new format. The number of regions is reduced from six to four. Regional competitions took place on April 4-6. The top two teams from each region advanced to the championship competition at the Fort Worth Convention Center.


2019 NCAA Women's Gymnastics Championship, Regional Championships
The top two teams from each region will move to the championship round, indicated in bold.


2019 NCAA Women's Gymnastics Championship, NCAA Championship
Bold – Denotes Final Four teams (Session's top two teams)


2019 NCAA Women's Gymnastics Championship, Individual results, Event champions
Vault: Kyla Ross (UCLA), Kennedi Edney (LSU), Derrian Gobourne (Auburn),  Maggie Nichols (Oklahoma) - 9.95


2019 NCAA Women's Gymnastics Championship, Individual results, Event champions
Floor exercise: Kyla Ross (UCLA), Alicia Boren (Florida), Lynnzee Brown (Denver), Brenna Dowell (Oklahoma) - 9.95


2019 NCAA Women's Water Polo Championship
The 2019 NCAA National Collegiate Women's Water Polo Championship was the 19th annual tournament to decide the championship of NCAA women's collegiate water polo. Two play-in games were held on May 7, with the winners advancing to the main tournament, May 10–12 at the Avery Aquatic Center in Stanford, California, hosted by Stanford University.


2019 NCAA Women's Water Polo Championship, Qualification
The tournament was open to all programs from Divisions I, II, and III. Ten teams participated in the tournament: seven automatic bids and three at-large bids.


2019 NCHC Tournament
The 2019 NCHC Tournament is the sixth tournament in league history. It was played between March 15 and 23, 2019. Quarterfinal were played at home team campus sites, while the final four games were played at the Xcel Energy Center in Saint Paul, Minnesota. By winning the tournament, Minnesota-Duluth received the NCHC's automatic bid to the 2019 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.


2019 NCHC Tournament, Format
The first round of the postseason tournament features a best-of-three games format. All eight conference teams participate in the tournament. Teams are seeded No. 1 through No. 8 according to their final conference standing, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with an identical number of points accumulated. The top four seeded teams each earn home ice and host one of the lower seeded teams.


2019 NCHC Tournament, Format
The winners of the first round series advance to the Xcel Energy Center for the NCHC Frozen Faceoff. The Frozen Faceoff uses a single-elimination format. Teams are re-seeded No. 1 through No. 4 according to the final regular season conference standings.


2019 NCHC Tournament, Format
Game 1 of the series between Western Michigan and Colorado College was delayed 1 day due to the effects from Winter Storm Ulmer.


2019 NEAFL season
The 2019 NEAFL season was the final season of the North East Australian Football League (NEAFL). The season began on 6 April and concluded on 15 September 2019. The Grand Final was won by the Brisbane Lions reserves, who defeated Southport by 76 points.


2019 NFL Draft
The 2019 NFL Draft was the 84th annual meeting of National Football League (NFL) franchises to select newly eligible players for the 2019 NFL season. The draft was held on April 25–27 in Nashville, Tennessee. The first round was held on April 25, followed by the second and third rounds on April 26, and concluded with rounds 4–7 on April 27. The draft featured a record-high 40 trades, surpassing the 37 that were made in 2017.


2019 NFL Draft, Early entrants
A record-high 111 eligible applicants announced their intention to enter the 2019 NFL Draft as underclassmen, which primarily included juniors and redshirt sophomores who forwent future years of college eligibility. In order to be eligible to enter the draft, players must be at least three years removed from high school. The deadline for underclassmen to declare for the draft was January 14, 2019.


2019 NFL Draft, Host city bid process
The host city for the 2019 (as well as the 2020) draft was chosen from among finalists Denver, Kansas City, Las Vegas, Nashville and Cleveland/Canton in May 2018 at the NFL Spring League Meeting. On May 23, 2018, the league announced Nashville as the host city of the 2019 NFL Draft.


2019 NFL Draft, Player selections
The following is the breakdown of the 254 players selected by position:


2019 NFL Draft, Supplemental draft
A supplemental draft was held on July 10, 2019. For each player selected in the supplemental draft, the team forfeits its pick in that round in the draft of the following season.


2019 NFL Draft, Trades
In the explanations below, (PD) indicates trades completed prior to the start of the draft (i.e. Pre-Draft), while (D) denotes trades that took place during the 2019 draft.


2019 NFL Draft, Media coverage
In November 2018, after having aired the final rounds of the draft on the network, ESPN announced that it would air coverage of all three days of the 2019 draft on ABC, using an entertainment-oriented format and hosted by the panel of College GameDay (which hosted an alternate ESPN2 broadcast of the previous draft), including Lee Corso, Rece Davis, Kirk Herbstreit and Desmond Howard.


2019 NFL Draft, Media coverage
It marked the first time that broadcast television coverage of all three days of the NFL Draft had been carried by a single network; in 2018, the first two nights aired on Fox in association and simulcast with NFL Network. ESPN and NFL Network continued to broadcast more traditionally-formatted coverage. In addition, NFL Network's morning show Good Morning Football was simulcast on ESPN2 on both April 25 and 26, while ESPN and NFL Network personalities made appearances across the networks' studio programs.


2019 NFL Draft, Media coverage
The NFL reported an average viewership of 6.1 million across all ESPN and NFL outlets carrying coverage, up from the composite average of 5.5 million in 2018, and estimated that at least 47.5 million viewers watched coverage at some point during the draft. The NFL also reported that at least 600,000 people attended events associated with the draft, overtaking 2017 as the most-attended NFL Draft.


2019 NFL Draft, Summary, Selections by NCAA conference
A then-record 64 players were drafted from one conference, the second-most in NFL history, breaking the previous high of 63 selections in 2013. Both numbers were set by the Southeastern Conference. The record was broken in 2021, when 65 players were selected also from the SEC.


2019 NFL Draft, Summary, Schools with multiple draft selections
Of note, Allen High School boasted three selections in the 2019 NFL draft, by drafting Kyler Murray, Greg Little, and Bobby Evans.


2019 NFL season
The 2019 NFL season was the 100th season of the National Football League (NFL) and the 54th of the Super Bowl era. The season began on September 5, 2019, with the NFL Kickoff Game, in which  Green Bay defeated Chicago 10–3. The season concluded with Super Bowl LIV, the league's championship game, on February 2, 2020, at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami, Florida in which American Football Conference (AFC) champion Kansas City  defeated National Football Conference (NFC) champion San Francisco, 31–20, to win their second Super Bowl championship. This was the final NFL season with the 12-team playoff format.


2019 NFL season, Player movement
The 2019 NFL league year and trading period began on March 13. On March 8, teams were allowed to exercise 2019 options for players with option clauses in their contracts, to submit qualifying offers to their pending restricted free agents and to submit minimum salary tenders to retain exclusive negotiating rights to their players with expiring 2018 contracts who had fewer than three accrued seasons of free-agent credit. Teams were required to be under the salary cap using the "Top 51" definition (in which the team's 51 highest-paid players must have a combined salary cap). On March 11, clubs were allowed to contact and begin contract negotiations with the agents of players who were set to become unrestricted free agents.


2019 NFL season, Player movement, Free agency
Free agency began on March 13. Notable players to change teams included:


2019 NFL season, Player movement, Trades
The following notable trades were made during the 2019 league year:


2019 NFL season, Player movement, Notable retirements
The following notable players retired prior to the 2019 season:


2019 NFL season, Player movement, Draft
The 2019 NFL Draft was held from April 25–27 in Nashville, Tennessee. The Arizona Cardinals selected Oklahoma quarterback Kyler Murray with the first overall selection.


2019 NFL season, Rule changes
The following rule changes were approved for the 2019 season at the NFL owners' meeting on March 26:


2019 NFL season, Rule changes
An additional rule change was built upon a rule originally passed in 2018. The NFL limited helmets to a list of 34 league-approved models, up from the 23 originally approved in 2018. The grandfather clause allowing existing players to wear their previous non-approved helmets expired, and 32 players were required to change helmets. In May 2019, the NFL banned Oklahoma drills, "bull in the ring," and other high-contact drills from team practices. In June 2019, the league clarified the March 2019 temporary rule change regarding reviews of pass interference plays as follows:


2019 NFL season, Rule changes
Midway through the season, another rule was introduced without explicit approval from the competition committee:


2019 NFL season, Preseason
Training camps for the 2019 season were held in late July through August. Teams started training camp no earlier than 15 days before their first scheduled preseason game. The Pro Football Hall of Fame Game, in which the Denver Broncos defeated the Atlanta Falcons 14–10, was played on August 1, televised nationally by NBC and held at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium in Canton, Ohio, the same city where the league was founded 99 years prior. The Broncos were represented in the 2019 Hall of Fame class by owner Pat Bowlen (posthumously) and former cornerback Champ Bailey, while the Falcons were represented by former tight end Tony Gonzalez.


2019 NFL season, Preseason
On August 17, Dallas and the Los Angeles Rams played a preseason game at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu, Hawaii, the former home of the Pro Bowl.


2019 NFL season, Preseason
On August 22, Oakland played Green Bay at IG Field in Winnipeg, home of the CFL's Winnipeg Blue Bombers; it was the first NFL game on Canadian soil since the end of the Bills Toronto Series in 2013.


2019 NFL season, Preseason
Mosaic Stadium in Regina, Saskatchewan was another potential site for the game, and the teams had secured the cooperation of the city and local sports promoter On Ice Management, but the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League (CFL) vetoed the proposal, as the Roughriders feared they would be unable to reconfigure the field from NFL to CFL standards in time for their August 24 home game (the CFL's Winnipeg Blue Bombers were away that weekend and thus did not have a scheduling conflict).


2019 NFL season, Preseason
Because of safety concerns caused by the reconfiguration of the goalposts, the NFL, at the last minute, shortened the playing field to 80 yards long (the first such known NFL usage of a field that short since 1932) and eliminated kickoffs, starting all possessions on the 15-yard line. Thirty-three Packers players refused to play on the surface, including starting quarterback Aaron Rodgers.


2019 NFL season, NFL centennial promotions
On October 18, 2018, the NFL announced that it would commemorate its 100th season throughout 2019, beginning with Super Bowl LIII in February 2019. An NFL 100 emblem was featured in promotions across all NFL properties during the season, worn on jerseys as a patch, placed on game balls, and painted on fields.


2019 NFL season, NFL centennial promotions
The Chicago Bears (who, as the Decatur Staleys, were one of the 14 charter members of the league) celebrated their centennial season with commemorative events throughout 2019. On November 15, 2018, the team unveiled a customized version of the league-wide centennial emblem (which was worn on jerseys in place of the NFL-branded version). The team also unveiled a throwback jersey based on its 1936 design, which it donned for two games.


2019 NFL season, NFL centennial promotions
The NFL aired a special two-minute commercial during Super Bowl LIII to launch the centennial campaign, which featured a gala dinner attended by 40 current and former NFL players, including Los Angeles Rams RB Todd Gurley, then-New York Giants WR Odell Beckham Jr., New England QB Tom Brady, former Indianapolis and Denver QB Peyton Manning, Hall of Fame WRs Jerry Rice and Michael Irvin, and Hall of Fame QB Terry Bradshaw, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell (who delivered the welcome address), NFL officials Ron Torbert and Sarah Thomas, viral teenage girl football star Samantha Gordon, and video game streamer Tyler "Ninja" Blevins. The commercial won the annual Super Bowl Ad Meter survey held by USA Today, marking the first time that the NFL itself won.


2019 NFL season, NFL centennial promotions
In honor of the site of the first NFL game, the league announced plans to donate a new artificial turf field to Triangle Park in Dayton, Ohio, home field of the former Dayton Triangles, intending for Cincinnati to hold a day of training camp at the site. However, the project was rejected by the city after concerns that construction could potentially disturb a Native American burial site. The NFL instead donated the turf to nearby Kettering Field. The Bengals still held a training camp day in Dayton, doing so at Welcome Stadium instead.


2019 NFL season, NFL centennial promotions
The NFL intentionally scheduled a weekly game to honor landmark moments in NFL history:


2019 NFL season, Regular season
The 2019 regular season's 256 games were played over a 17-week schedule that began on September 5, 2019. Each of the league's 32 teams played a 16-game schedule, with one bye week for each team. There were games on Monday nights and on Thursdays, including the National Football League Kickoff game and games on Thanksgiving Day. The regular season concluded with a full slate of 16 games on December 29, all of which were intra-division matchups, as it had been since 2010.


2019 NFL season, Regular season, Scheduling formula
Under the NFL's current scheduling formula, each team played the other three teams in its own division twice. In addition, teams played against all four teams in one other division from each conference. The final two games on a team's schedule were against the two remaining teams in the same conference that had finished in the same position in their respective divisions in 2018 (e.g., the team that finished fourth in its division played all three other teams in the conference that also finished fourth). The division parings for 2019 were as follows:


2019 NFL season, Regular season, Scheduling formula
Intra-conferenceAFC East vs AFC NorthAFC West vs AFC SouthNFC East vs NFC NorthNFC West vs NFC South


2019 NFL season, Regular season, Scheduling formula
Inter-conferenceAFC East vs NFC EastAFC North vs NFC WestAFC South vs NFC SouthAFC West vs NFC North


2019 NFL season, Regular season, Saturday flexible scheduling
When the entire season schedule was released on April 17, the league announced Saturday games to be played in Week 16. On November 12, the NFL announced that three games would be moved from Sunday, December 22 to Saturday, December 21: Houston–Tampa Bay at 1:00 p.m. ET, Buffalo–New England at 4:30 p.m. ET, and Los Angeles Rams–San Francisco at 8:15 p.m. ET, all on the NFL Network. The two other games that the NFL had the option of moving (Detroit–Denver and Oakland–Los Angeles Chargers) remained on Sunday, December 22.


2019 NFL season, Postseason
The 2019 playoffs began on January 4–5, 2020 with the Wild Card Round. The four winners of these games visited the top two seeds in each conference in the Divisional Round games on January 11–12. The winners of those games advanced to the Conference Championships on January 19. The 2020 Pro Bowl was played at Camping World Stadium in Orlando on January 26. Super Bowl LIV, was played at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami on February 2.


2019 NFL season, Postseason
The start times for the Divisional Round games on Sunday, January 12, were moved to 3:00 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. ET (as is already the case with the conference championship games), rather than the typical 1:00 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. windows used for this round in previous seasons.


2019 NFL season, Notable events, Andrew Luck's retirement
News of Indianapolis Colts quarterback and 2012 first overall pick Andrew Luck retiring broke out during the Colts' third preseason game. His retirement quickly became one of the most surprising revelations of the year. During his post-game press conference, Luck stated that his retirement was due to the recent mental and physical difficulties of playing football. Luck had won the NFL Comeback Player of the Year Award in 2018.


2019 NFL season, Notable events, Antonio Brown controversies
Wide receiver Antonio Brown was involved in several controversies throughout the off-season, preseason, and regular season. Brown was held out by his former team, the Pittsburgh Steelers during week 17 of 2018 due to a heated falling out with quarterback Ben Roethlisberger. He was subsequently traded to the Oakland Raiders in March 2019. However, Brown's helmet model had been banned by the NFL due to inadequate protection, prompting Brown to hold out of practices and file two grievances against the NFL, both of which were denied.


2019 NFL season, Notable events, Antonio Brown controversies
Brown then accepted the new helmet model and returned to practice, but later wore inadequate footwear in a cryogenic chamber and got frostbite on his feet, causing additional concern for his availability in Week 1. Brown next released recorded audio of Raiders head coach Jon Gruden and requested that the Raiders release him. He was subsequently released and signed with the New England Patriots. On September 10, allegations that Brown had raped his former trainer, Britney Taylor, caused speculation that he might be put on the commissioner's exempt list, barring him from playing.


2019 NFL season, Notable events, Antonio Brown controversies
However, the NFL did not do so and Brown played in the Patriots' Week 2 game. On September 16, a second woman accused Brown of sexual misconduct. That same day, Pittsburgh-based Dr. Victor Prisk, who worked with Brown during his time with the Steelers, sued Brown for $11,500 in unpaid fees. The Patriots cut Brown on September 20 after he allegedly sent intimidating text messages to his second accuser.


2019 NFL season, Notable events, Steelers–Browns brawl
In the final seconds of a November 14 Thursday Night Football matchup between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Cleveland Browns, Browns defensive end Myles Garrett tackled Steelers quarterback Mason Rudolph after Rudolph completed a screen pass to running back Trey Edmunds. Upset by the late tackle, Rudolph attacked Garrett by attempting to pull off Garrett's helmet. Garrett then ripped off Rudolph's helmet and used it to hit Rudolph in the head while being restrained by Steelers center Maurkice Pouncey and Steelers guard David DeCastro.


2019 NFL season, Notable events, Steelers–Browns brawl
Pouncey and Browns defensive tackle Larry Ogunjobi then joined in on the fight, with Pouncey punching and kicking Garrett's head several times. Garrett, Ogunjobi, and Pouncey were all ejected from the game. Following the game, Garrett was suspended for the remainder of 2019 and required to apply for reinstatement in 2020, while Pouncey and Ogunjobi received 2-game and 1-game suspensions, respectively. Garrett was reinstated in February 2020, ending his suspension after six games. The six-game suspension was the longest in NFL history for a single on-field transgression.


2019 NFL season, Notable events, Patriots videotaping controversy
During the December 8 game between the Cincinnati Bengals and Cleveland Browns, the New England Patriots were alleged to have spied on the Bengals' sideline. The Patriots, who were scheduled to play the Bengals the following week, sent a video team to Cleveland to film a documentary of an advance scout, part of the "Do Your Job" series on the Patriots' website. This video contractor was given media credentials by the Browns, but the Bengals and NFL were not made aware of the presence of the Patriots' video crew.


2019 NFL season, Notable events, Patriots videotaping controversy
According to ESPN's Dianna Russini, a Bengals staffer spotted the Patriots' cameraman and proceeded to observe what he was doing. Allegedly, the cameraman proceeded to point his camera at the Bengals coaching staff and sideline for most of the quarter. The Bengals employee reported him to media relations, who reported him to security; security then seized the film and leaked it to Jay Glazer, who made the footage public. The NFL has launched an investigation into these allegations. This was the second time the current Patriots administration was involved in an unauthorized videotaping scandal, following the Spygate controversy in 2007.


2019 NFL season, Awards, Individual season awards
The 9th Annual NFL Honors, saluting the best players and plays from 2019 season, was held on February 1, 2020 at the Adrienne Arsht Center in Miami, Florida.


2019 NFL season, Awards, All-Pro team
The following players were named First Team All-Pro by the Associated Press:


2019 NFL season, Awards, Players of the week/month
The following were named the top performers during the 2019 season:


2019 NFL season, Head coaching and front office personnel changes, Head coaches, Off-season
Kingsbury, who had spent most of the previous six seasons as head coach of Texas Tech, was hired on January 8, 2019.


2019 NFL season, Head coaching and front office personnel changes, Head coaches, Off-season
Taylor was named as head coach on February 5, 2019. This is his first experience as head coach after serving as the Los Angeles Rams' quarterbacks coach. At 35 years old, he became the 2nd youngest active coach in the NFL, after Sean McVay, who coaches Taylor's former team, the Rams.


2019 NFL season, Head coaching and front office personnel changes, Head coaches, Off-season
Kitchens was promoted to head coach on January 12, 2019, after serving as the interim offensive coordinator following Jackson's firing. This is his first head coaching position.


2019 NFL season, Head coaching and front office personnel changes, Head coaches, Off-season
Fangio, a first-time head coach with over 30 years experience as an assistant dating back to the USFL, most recently as defensive coordinator of the Chicago Bears, was hired on January 10, 2019.


2019 NFL season, Head coaching and front office personnel changes, Head coaches, Off-season
LaFleur was hired on January 8, 2019. Previously the offensive coordinator for the Tennessee Titans, this is his first head coaching position.


2019 NFL season, Head coaching and front office personnel changes, Head coaches, Off-season
Flores, formerly the New England Patriots' long time assistant, recently as linebackers coach, was announced as head coach on February 5, 2019. After being with the Patriots organization since 2004, this is his first head coaching position.


2019 NFL season, Head coaching and front office personnel changes, Head coaches, Off-season
Gase, who was previously the head coach of the Miami Dolphins, posting a 23–25 (.479) record in three seasons, was hired on January 11, 2019.


2019 NFL season, Head coaching and front office personnel changes, Head coaches, Off-season
Arians was announced as the Buccaneers' new head coach on January 8, 2019. He was previously the head coach for the Arizona Cardinals for five seasons with 50–32–1 (.608) record from 2013 to 2017, leading them to an NFC Championship Game appearance in 2015.


2019 NFL season, Head coaching and front office personnel changes, Head coaches, In-season
Callahan, the team's assistant head coach/offensive line coach, was previously the head coach of the Oakland Raiders in 2002 and 2003, with a record of 15–17 (.469) and one Super Bowl appearance.


2019 NFL season, Head coaching and front office personnel changes, Head coaches, In-season
Fewell, the defensive backs coach, took over on an interim basis until the end of the season. A longtime defensive assistant in the NFL, his only head coaching experience was as the Buffalo Bills interim head coach for the last 7 games of the 2009 season. The Bills went 3–4–0 (.429) in those 7 games.


2019 NFL season, Head coaching and front office personnel changes, Front office personnel, Off-season
Mayock had previously been a television commentator for the past 26 seasons and has never held a front office position.


2019 NFL season, Stadiums, Rams' and Chargers' new stadium
This was the third and final season for the Los Angeles Chargers at Dignity Health Sports Park and the fourth and final season for the Los Angeles Rams at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. Both teams moved to SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California starting in 2020.


2019 NFL season, Stadiums, Bills' potential for relocation
A buyout window in the Buffalo Bills' lease on New Era Field opened after the 2019 season. The window allowed the team to cancel its lease on the stadium for a $28 million fee and relocate. If the Bills chose not to exercise the buyout window, they will not be allowed to relocate until after the 2022 season, when the current lease expires. The Bills chose not to exercise the buyout.


2019 NFL season, Stadiums, Broncos' naming rights
On September 4, the Denver Broncos' home field was rebranded as Empower Field at Mile High. The Broncos had been seeking a long-term naming rights partner for their home field since sporting goods retailer Sports Authority went bankrupt in 2016. Empower Retirement, a retirement plan provider that is based in Denver, had served as a team sponsor since 2015, with the Broncos agreeing to terms on a 21-year deal that will run through 2039, though financial terms were not disclosed. This marks the third naming rights change for the Broncos' home field, following "Invesco Field at Mile High" (2001–2010), "Sports Authority Field at Mile High" (2011–2017) and "Broncos Stadium at Mile High" — the latter of which was used on a temporary basis for 2018.


2019 NFL season, Stadiums, Raiders' relocation
This was the final season for the Oakland Raiders at RingCentral Coliseum (renamed from the Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum in May 2019) before moving to Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Raiders' lease on the Coliseum expired after the 2018 season. The Coliseum management expressed a reluctance to allow the Raiders to continue using the Coliseum after the lease expired unless the team paid more to cover the losses the Coliseum incurred by hosting Raiders games.


2019 NFL season, Stadiums, Raiders' relocation
In December 2018, the city of Oakland filed a lawsuit against the Raiders and the NFL seeking financial damages and unpaid debt, claiming the relocation was illegal but not asking for an injunction forcing the team to stay. The Raiders stated that if any legal action was filed against them, that they would not renew with the Coliseum and find another, undetermined, temporary home for 2019 until Allegiant Stadium was finished. The Raiders then attempted to negotiate a lease with Oracle Park in San Francisco before the San Francisco 49ers vetoed the plan as an infringement on their territorial rights.


2019 NFL season, Stadiums, Raiders' relocation
With the 49ers refusing to waive territorial rights, the Raiders were forced to either renegotiate with the Coliseum or find a temporary stadium outside the San Francisco Bay Area (something that the Raiders management was reluctant to do, though the team acknowledged and considered bids from San Antonio, Texas and Tucson, Arizona). The Raiders, despite reservations about providing funds to the lawsuit being filed against them, negotiated a return to the Coliseum for 2019; a tentative agreement, pending Coliseum and league approval, was announced February 25.


2019 NFL season, Stadiums, Raiders' relocation
The lease agreement was approved by the Oakland Coliseum Authority, the Oakland city council, and Alameda County supervisors by March 21. The Coliseum was the last multi-purpose stadium to be the home of both an NFL and Major League Baseball team (the Oakland Athletics). Barring any future relocations, the Raiders' September 15 game against the Kansas City Chiefs stands as the last NFL game played on a dirt infield.


2019 NFL season, Media
This was the sixth year under the current broadcast contracts with ESPN, CBS, Fox and NBC. This includes "cross-flexing" (switching) Sunday afternoon games between CBS and Fox before or during the season (regardless of the conference of the visiting team). NBC airs Sunday Night Football, the annual Kickoff Game, and the primetime Thanksgiving game. ESPN airs Monday Night Football and the Pro Bowl with the latter being simulcast on ABC.


2019 NFL season, Media
Fox airs Thursday Night Football along with NFL Network, with Amazon Video and Twitch continuing to simulcast those games online in the second and final year of the two sites' current contract. Fox will also broadcast Super Bowl LIV. ESPN aired coverage for all three days of the 2019 NFL Draft on ABC, replacing Fox's broadcast television simulcast of NFL Network in 2018. ABC's coverage catered towards a mainstream audience and was hosted by the panel of ESPN's College GameDay, while ESPN and NFL Network continued to carry more conventional coverage of the draft.


2019 NFL season, Media
Under a one-year test, local stations in markets with NFL teams are allowed on a limited basis to air another NFL game opposite the game involving that city's home team, something that had previously been forbidden (this rule had already been waived for the Washington, D.C. market when the Baltimore Ravens are playing at the same time as the Washington Redskins on the opposite network – Washington, D.C. is a secondary market for the Ravens, for the Los Angeles market after the Rams' and Chargers' moves to LA and league-wide for Week 17 since 2014).


2019 NFL season, Media
It was originally reported that all media markets in the U.S. who have CBS and Fox affiliates will have access to three Sunday afternoon games every week regardless of whether the local team is playing at home. The league later clarified that teams will still be able to impose the home exclusivity blackout on a limited basis, so long as they lift the exclusivity at least twice.


2019 NFL season, Media
The league has an option to cancel its contract with DirecTV after the 2019 season. DirecTV has had exclusive rights to the league's out-of-market sports package, NFL Sunday Ticket, since the package was introduced in 1994.


2019 NFL season, Media, Personnel changes
On February 28, 2019, Jason Witten announced he would be leaving his color commentator position on Monday Night Football after one season; he returned to the Dallas Cowboys, where he had played tight end for fifteen seasons before joining ESPN in 2018. Witten was not replaced; Booger McFarland, who spent the previous season commentating from atop a crane-like contraption on the sideline, was moved into the booth. Former referee Jeff Triplette also left Monday Night Football as rules analyst.


2019 NFL season, Media, Personnel changes
He was replaced with John Parry, who retired the same day his ESPN position was announced; Parry is the third rules analyst ESPN has hired in two years, following Triplette and Gerald Austin. Steve Tasker departed CBS after 21 seasons with the network, all but one as a color commentator, after CBS declined to renew Tasker's contract. Tasker anticipates moving to radio and calling games for Westwood One for the 2019 season. Twitch added "co-streaming" with live commentary from specially chosen users of the service for its 2019 Thursday night games.


2019 NFL season, Media, Most watched regular season games
*Note — Late DH matchups listed in table are the matchups that were shown to the largest percentage of the market.


2019 NHK Trophy
The 2019 NHK Trophy was the sixth event of the 2019–20 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at Makomanai Ice Arena in Sapporo, Japan from November 22–24. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dance. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 2019–20 Grand Prix Final.


2019 NHK Trophy, Entries
The ISU announced the preliminary assignments on June 20, 2019.


2019 NHK Trophy, Records
The following new ISU best scores were set during this competition:


2019 NHK Trophy, Results, Ice dance
Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron of France became the first team in history to score over 90 points for the rhythm dance.


2019 NHL Entry Draft
The 2019 NHL Entry Draft was the 57th NHL Entry Draft. The draft was held on June 21–22, 2019 at Rogers Arena in Vancouver, British Columbia.


2019 NHL Entry Draft
The first three selections were Jack Hughes going to the New Jersey Devils, Kaapo Kakko being selected by the New York Rangers, and Kirby Dach being picked by the Chicago Blackhawks.


2019 NHL Entry Draft, Eligibility
Ice hockey players born between January 1, 1999, and September 15, 2001, were eligible for selection in the 2019 NHL Entry Draft. Additionally, un-drafted, non-North American players born in 1998 were eligible for the draft; and those players who were drafted in the 2017 NHL Entry Draft, but not signed by an NHL team and who were born after June 30, 1999, were also eligible to re-enter the draft.


2019 NHL Entry Draft, Draft lottery
Since the 2012–13 NHL season all teams not qualifying for the Stanley Cup playoffs have a "weighted" chance at winning the first overall selection. Beginning with the 2014–15 NHL season the NHL changed the weighting system that was used in previous years. Under the new system the odds of winning the draft lottery for the four lowest finishing teams in the league decreased, while the odds for the other non-playoff teams increased. The first three picks overall in this draft were awarded by lottery on April 9, 2019.


2019 NHL Entry Draft, Draft lottery
The New Jersey Devils, New York Rangers and Chicago Blackhawks won the lotteries that took place on April 9, 2019, giving them the first, second and third picks overall. The New Jersey Devils moved up two spots, while the New York Rangers moved up four spots and Chicago moved up nine spots.


2019 NHL Entry Draft, Draft lottery
In the process, the Colorado Avalanche (previously acquired from Ottawa) and Los Angeles Kings moved down three spots from first and second overall, respectively, while the Detroit Red Wings and Buffalo Sabres moved down two spots, while the Edmonton Oilers, Anaheim Ducks, Vancouver Canucks, Philadelphia Flyers and Minnesota Wild each dropped one spot.


2019 NHL Entry Draft, Selections by round
The order of the 2019 Entry Draft is listed below.


2019 NHL Stadium Series
The 2019 NHL Stadium Series (officially the 2019 Coors Light NHL Stadium Series) was a regular season National Hockey League (NHL) game played outdoors, as part of the Stadium Series of games held at football or baseball stadiums. The Pittsburgh Penguins were defeated by the Philadelphia Flyers 4–3 in overtime at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on February 23, 2019.


2019 NHL Stadium Series
This was the only game in the Stadium Series that is scheduled for the 2018–19 season (as opposed to multiple games in 2014 and 2016).


2019 NHL Stadium Series, Background
In 2016, the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Philadelphia Flyers worked out an agreement to play a home-and-home series of outdoors games. The first game that was planned eventually became the 2017 Stadium Series game at Heinz Field in Pittsburgh. The NHL does not usually schedule teams to appear in outdoors games in consecutive years, so Philadelphia did not host this rematch until 2019. The two archrivals had also discussed playing a neutral site game at Beaver Stadium at State College, Pennsylvania, but it never materialized, due mainly to concerns about Beaver Stadium's plumbing being unable to withstand an event in winter.


2019 NHL Stadium Series, Game summary
The Philadelphia Flyers scored two goals with an extra attacker/goalie pulled late in the third period to tie the game at 3–3, then won it off of Claude Giroux's score at 1:59 into overtime. Jakub Voracek scored the tying goal with 20 seconds left in regulation, as well as recording two assists. Voracek's score came after James van Riemsdyk's power play goal with 3:04 left cut the Pittsburgh Penguins' lead to 3–2.


2019 NHL Stadium Series, Pregame/Anthem/Entertainment
Keith Urban performed during the first intermission, and The Glorious Sons performed during the second intermisson


2019 NHL Stadium Series, Pregame/Anthem/Entertainment
Before puck-drop the Philadelphia sports legends were introduced. For the Phillies Jimmy Rollins, For the Eagles Jason Kelce, For the 76ers Tobias Harris and Boban Marjanovic, and for the Flyers Bobby Clarke


2019 NHL Stadium Series, Pregame/Anthem/Entertainment
After the legends were honored the Flyers' mascot Gritty made a surprise entrance. Then the teams entered.


2019 NHL Stadium Series, Pregame/Anthem/Entertainment
The national anthem was performed by the Flyers' anthem singer Lauren Hart


2019 NHL Stadium Series, Pregame/Anthem/Entertainment
A ceremonial puck-drop was done by the Eagles' coach Doug Pederson


2019 NHL Winter Classic
The 2019 NHL Winter Classic (officially the 2019 Bridgestone NHL Winter Classic) was an outdoor regular season National Hockey League (NHL) game, part of the Winter Classic series, that was played on January 1, 2019. The game featured the Chicago Blackhawks taking on the Boston Bruins at Notre Dame Stadium in Notre Dame, Indiana, home of the University of Notre Dame's Fighting Irish football team. This was the fourth Winter Classic for the Blackhawks (2009, 2015, 2017, sixth outdoor appearance overall and fifth in six years) and the third for the Bruins (2010, 2016). The game was the Bruins' first Winter Classic as the visiting team, and the first time the NHL hosted an outdoor game outside a team's immediate media market (Chicago, the host team, is in an adjacent media market to the South Bend market where Notre Dame is located).


2019 NHL Winter Classic, Game summary
The Boston Bruins won 4–2 with Tuukka Rask in goal, making 36 saves. The game was Rask's 469th for the Bruins, making him the most prolific goaltender in Bruins history. David Pastrňák, Patrice Bergeron, Sean Kuraly and Brad Marchand scored the goals for the Bruins. Brendan Perlini and Dominik Kahun scored the goals for the Blackhawks.


2019 NHL Winter Classic, Pregame/Anthem/Entertainment
A pre-game performance was conducted by the Jacks, Weezer performed a three-song concert during the first intermission including their hit cover of "Africa" by Toto, and Judah & the Lion performed a three-song concert during the second intermission.


2019 NHL Winter Classic, Pregame/Anthem/Entertainment
During the team introductions, the South Bend Symphony Orchestra performed the Notre Dame Fight Song


2019 NHL Winter Classic, Pregame/Anthem/Entertainment
The anthem was performed by the Blackhawks' anthem singer Jim Cornelison accompanied by the South Bend Symphony Orchestra


2019 NHL Winter Classic, Pregame/Anthem/Entertainment
A ceremonial puck drop was done by Notre Dame legend Tim Brown


2019 NHL Winter Classic, Pregame/Anthem/Entertainment
Prior to team introductions the Bruins' and Blackhawks' legends were introduced. For the Bruins, Cam Neely, Johnny Bucyk, and Ray Bourque. For the Blackhawks, Denis Savard, Tony Esposito, Jill Mikita, and Bobby Hull.


2019 NHL Winter Classic, Broadcasting
NBC broadcast the game as it has done since the event's inception. Like the previous two Winter Classics, Sportsnet simulcast the NBC feed in Canada, while TVA Sports used NBC's video to dub their French-language commentary.


2019 NHL Winter Classic, Broadcasting
The game was simulcast on NBC Sports Radio; it was the last program carried on the network before it converted to a part-time syndication service that day.


2019 NHL Winter Classic, Broadcasting, Ratings
Viewership for the 2019 Winter Classic jumped 20% over the previous season, rising to a 1.94 overnight rating and 2.97 million overall viewers, recovering three years of viewership declines.


2019 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series
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2019 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series
The 2019 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Season was announced on July 25, 2018.


2019 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series
It was the 64th season of the National Hot Rod Association's top drag racing competition. There were 24 Top Fuel and Funny Car events, 22 Pro Stock events (18 Championship NHRA Formula and 4 Non-Championship Mountain Motor Formula), and 16 Pro Stock Motorcycle events.


2019 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, Schedule
MM Pro Stock Car at this event is a non-championship race featuring the Mountain Motor formula, which has no engine displacement limit, can use carburetors or electronic fuel injection, and weighs a minimum of 2,450 pounds, compared to the NHRA Pro Stock formula that features electronic fuel injection, a 500ci (8193cc) engine displacement limit, and 2,350 pounds weight. All two-lane Mountain Motor races (except Charlotte) will feature eight-car fields. The four-lane Charlotte round will feature a full 16-car field.


2019 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, Schedule, Additional Rules for Specially Marked Races
4 Lanes:  The Four-Wide Nationals in both Las Vegas and Charlotte in the spring will compete with cars on four lanes.


2019 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, Schedule, Additional Rules for Specially Marked Races
1.5:  The U. S. Nationals and Auto Club Finals will have their race points increased by 50% . Drivers who qualify but are eliminated in the first round receive 30 points, and each round win is worth 30 points. The top four receive 10, 9, 8, and 7 points, respectively, for qualifying positions, with the 5–6 drivers receiving 6 points, 7–8 drivers receiving 5 points, 9–12 receiving 4 points, and 13–16 receiving 3 points. Also, the top four, not three, drivers after each session receive points for fastest times in each round (4-3-2-1).


2019 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, Schedule, Additional Rules for Specially Marked Races
MM:  Pro Stock Car at this event is a non-championship race with the Mountain Motor formula.


2019 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, Schedule, Event changes
The race events in Topeka, Kansas and Petersburg, Virginia have switched dates for this year, with the Virginia NHRA Nationals taking place in May and the Menards NHRA Heartland Nationals in June. In the Countdown, the race events in Charlotte, North Carolina and Ennis, Texas have switched weekends for this year in October. All other events during this season remain on the same schedule, although a couple of them either moved up or down a weekend. Scheduling changes made primarily to avoid NASCAR events in the markets.


2019 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, Schedule, Event changes
NHRA 500ci EFI Pro Stock Car will only be racing in 18 events this year, down from 24 events last year. Four of the races that they will not participate will feature non-championship exhibition Mountain Motor Pro Stock Cars (over-500 ci engines with carburetors). Those races include Houston, Charlotte 1, Bristol and Epping.


2019 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, Schedule, Event changes
2: Due to inclement weather throughout the day, Final Elimination Rounds at the Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals in Pomona, California were postponed until 10 AM PST on February 11, 2019. The first round of eliminations were underway until rain suspended any additional racing.


2019 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, Schedule, Event changes
3: Final Elimination Rounds at the NTK NHRA Carolina Nationals in Concord, North Carolina were postponed until 9 AM EDT on October 14, 2019 due to inclement weather.


2019 NLEX Road Warriors season
The 2019 NLEX Road Warriors season was the 5th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).


2019 NLL season
The 2019 National Lacrosse League season, formally known as the 2018–2019 season, is the 33rd in the history of the NLL. It was originally scheduled to begin on December 1, 2018 and ending with the NLL final in late spring of 2019. This season is the inaugural season for the expansion teams San Diego Seals and Philadelphia Wings. This is also the final season for the Rochester Knighthawks under owner Curt Styres, as the team's operations are being relocated to Halifax for the 2019–20 season while Pegula Sports and Entertainment takes over the Knighthawks moniker with a new expansion team.


2019 NLL season
The Professional Lacrosse Players Association, who represents the NLL players, opted out of their seven-year collective bargaining agreement after the fifth season (2017–18) seeking a new deal. On November 15, 2018 the league announced that a counter-proposal submitted by the Professional Lacrosse Players Association was rejected. This came after the league suspended their Wednesday November 14 deadline to review the counter-proposal after the PLPA rejected the league's offer; the PLPA advised its members not to attend training camp and thus effectively went on strike. Subsequent to this the league announced that all games to be played in the first two weeks of the season (encompassing December 1 and 8 weekends) were cancelled. On November 24 the NLL and the PLPA came to an agreement on the CBA for 5 years, ending the labor dispute.


2019 NLL season, Regular season
x: Clinched playoff berth; c: Clinched playoff berth by crossing over to another division; y: Clinched division; z: Clinched best regular season record; GP: Games PlayedW: Wins; L: Losses; GB: Games back; PCT: Win percentage; Home: Record at Home; Road: Record on the Road; GF: Goals scored; GA: Goals allowedDifferential: Difference between goals scored and allowed; GF/GP: Average number of goals scored per game; GA/GP: Average number of goals allowed per game


2019 NOCA Men's Provincial Championship
The 2019 NOCA Men's Provincial Championship, the "provincial" men's curling championship of Northern Ontario was held from January 30th to February 2nd at the Nipigon Curling Club in Nipigon, Ontario. The winning team of skip Brad Jacobs, third Ryan Fry, second E.J. Harnden and lead Ryan Harnden represented Northern Ontario at the 2019 Tim Hortons Brier in Brandon, Manitoba, Canada's national men's curling championship. The final was a rematch of the previous year's championship, with Jacobs prevailing once again. Team Jacobs defeated Team Horgan with a final score of 7-5. This was the 11th time that the rink represented Northern Ontario. The event was held in conjunction with the 2019 Northern Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Northern Ontario's women's championship.


2019 NPF Draft
The 2019 NPF College Draft was the 16th annual collegiate draft for the National Pro Fastpitch. It took place April 15, 2019 in Nashville, Tennessee at Acme Feed & Seed, a downtown entertainment venue. It was available for internet viewing via NPFTV, the league's streaming platform. The Chicago Bandits selected Kelly Barnhill from Florida with the first overall pick in the draft.


2019 NPF Draft, Draft Selections
Position key: C = catcher; INF = infielder; SS = shortstop; OF = outfielder; UT = Utility infielder; P = pitcher; RHP = right-handed pitcher; LHP = left-handed pitcherPositions will be listed as combined for those who can play multiple positions.


2019 NPSL season
The 2019 National Premier Soccer League season is part of the 107th season of FIFA-sanctioned soccer in the United States and the 17th season of the National Premier Soccer League (NPSL). Miami FC, formerly "Miami FC 2," are the defending champion.


2019 NPSL season, Changes from 2018
Six members of the NPSL will participate in the inaugural NPSL Members Cup tournament immediately following the 2019 regular season.


2019 NPSL season, Playoffs, Northeast Region Conference playoffs, Keystone Conference playoffs
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2019 NPSL season, Playoffs, Northeast Region Conference playoffs, Mid-Atlantic Conference playoffs
Bold = winner* = after extra time, ( ) = penalty shootout score


2019 NPSL season, Playoffs, Northeast Region Conference playoffs, North Atlantic Conference playoffs
Bold = winner* = after extra time, ( ) = penalty shootout score


2019 NPSL season, Playoffs, South Region Conference playoffs, Southeast Conference playoffs
Bold = winner* = after extra time, ( ) = penalty shootout score


2019 NPSL season, Playoffs, South Region Conference playoffs, Sunshine Conference playoffs
Bold = winner* = after extra time, ( ) = penalty shootout score


2019 NPSL season, Playoffs, South Region Conference playoffs, Lone Star Conference playoffs
Bold = winner* = after extra time, ( ) = penalty shootout score


2019 NPSL season, Playoffs, South Region Conference playoffs, Heartland Conference playoffs
Bold = winner* = after extra time, ( ) = penalty shootout score


2019 NPSL season, Playoffs, Regional and National playoffs
Bold = winner* = after extra time, ( ) = penalty shootout score


2019 NPSL season, Members Cup
Six teams participated in the NPSL Members Cup, formerly known as the NPSL Founders Cup, a competition that ran from August to October 2019 after the conclusion of the  regular 2019 NPSL season. It was intended to lead to a new professional league beginning play in the spring of 2020.


2019 NPSL season, Members Cup
Several other clubs were initially announced to be part of the tournament. California United Strikers FC officially announced on Twitter that it had withdrawn from both the Founders Cup and subsequent league on March 1, 2019 and were replaced by Napa Valley 1839 FC on March 7, 2019. On June 27, 2019, Oakland Roots SC announced its intent to join the upcoming National Independent Soccer Association (NISA) in Fall 2019, where they joined Cal United. They would therefore be dropping out of the tournament "to focus on NISA as (their) preferred path forward."


2019 NPSL season, Members Cup
When the competition officially re-branded on July 24, 2019, ASC San Diego, Cal FC, FC Arizona, Miami FC, and Miami United FC had been removed, Miami FC joining NISA, while the Michigan Stars FC had been added. On August 15, Chattanooga and Detroit City were both announced to be joining NISA in the spring of 2020. Michigan Stars were also confirmed to be joining NISA on September 21. And New York Cosmos ended up later joining, in 2020.


2019 NRJ Music Awards
The 2019 NRJ Music Award was the 18th edition of the NRJ Music Awards, which took place on November 9, 2019, at the Palais des Festivals, in Cannes, France. The ceremony was broadcast live on TF1 and NRJ, and hosted by Nikos Aliagas.


2019 NRL Finals Series
The 2019 NRL Finals Series determined the winner of the 2019 National Rugby League season. The series ran over four weeks in September and October 2019. It culminated with the 2019 NRL Grand Final at Sydney's ANZ Stadium on 6 October 2019, where the Sydney Roosters defeated the Canberra Raiders 14–8.


2019 NRL Finals Series
The top eight teams from the 2019 NRL Season qualified for the finals series, playing under the same format since 2012. The qualifying teams were Melbourne, Sydney, South Sydney, Canberra, Parramatta, Manly Warringah, Cronulla-Sutherland and Brisbane.


2019 NRL Finals Series, Qualification
Melbourne qualified for their 9th consecutive finals series. Sydney qualified for their 3rd consecutive final series. South Sydney qualified for their 2nd consecutive finals series. Canberra qualified for their first finals series since 2016. Parramatta qualified for their first finals series since 2017. Manly Warringah qualified for their first finals series since 2017. Cronulla-Sutherland qualified for their 5th consecutive series. Brisbane qualified for their 6th consecutive series.


2019 NRL Finals Series, Venues
Canberra's GIO Stadium hosted one match, Melbourne's AAMI Park hosted two matches and Sydney hosted the remaining six matches, between ANZ Stadium, Bankwest Stadium, Lottoland and the Sydney Cricket Ground.


2019 NRL Finals Series, Finals structure
The system used for the 2019 NRL finals series was a final eight system. In this format, the top four teams in the eight receive a "double chance" when they play in week-one qualifying finals, such that if a top-four team lose in the first week it still remained in the finals, playing a semi-final the next week against the winner of an elimination final. The bottom four of the eight will play knock-out games – only the winners survive and move on to the next week. Home-ground advantage goes to the team with the higher ladder position in the first two weeks, to the qualifying final winners in the third week.


2019 NRL Finals Series, Finals structure
In the second week, the winners of the qualifying finals receive a bye to the third week. The losers of the qualifying final play the winners of the elimination finals in a semi-final. In the third week, the winners of the semi-finals from week two play the winners of the qualifying finals in the first week. The winners of those matches move on to the grand final at ANZ Stadium in Sydney.


2019 NRL Grand Final
The 2019 NRL Grand Final was the conclusive and premiership-deciding game of the 2019 National Rugby League season and was played at Sydney's ANZ Stadium. The match was contested between defending premiers the Sydney Roosters and the Canberra Raiders. The match was won by the Roosters 14–8 in a tight contest to claim their 15th premiership title, making them the first club in 26 years to win consecutive premierships in a unified competition since the Brisbane Broncos in 1993, and the first Roosters side to win consecutive titles since 1975. The Clive Churchill Medal was awarded to Raiders five-eighth Jack Wighton as the game's man of the match, while retiring Roosters halfback Cooper Cronk became the first player since 1981-83 to be involved in three straight premiership victories.


2019 NRL Grand Final
The game is one of the most controversial grand finals, infamous for a controversially reversed "six again" decision by referee Ben Cummins which preceded the winning try.


2019 NRL Grand Final, Background
Sydney finished second on the premiership ladder with a record of 17–7. The club comfortably defeated South Sydney 30–6 to qualify for the preliminary final, then defeated minor premiers Melbourne 14–6 in the preliminary final to qualify for the grand final. Having won the 2018 premiership, the Roosters were aiming to win back-to-back premierships, and become the first team since the Brisbane Broncos in the 1992-93 NSWRL to do so in a unified competition. Trent Robinson coached the side to its third grand final in his seventh year coaching the Roosters.


2019 NRL Grand Final, Background
Canberra finished fourth on the premiership ladder with a 15–9 record. The club won through to the grand final with a 12–10 win over Melbourne in the qualifying final, then a 16–10 win over South Sydney in the preliminary final. It was the club's first grand final appearance since 1994, breaking the longest drought of appearances in club history. Raiders coach Ricky Stuart was coaching his first grand final for Canberra in his sixth year with the club; it was his fourth grand final as a coach overall, having led the Roosters to the game in 2002, 2003 and 2004.


2019 NRL Grand Final, Background
It was the first time the Sydney Roosters and the Canberra Raiders contested a Grand Final. The sides faced each other twice during the season, with the Roosters winning both games: a 30–24 win in round 9 on the neutral Suncorp Stadium during Magic Round, and a 22–18 win at GIO Stadium in round 21.


2019 NRL Grand Final, Teams
Brett Morris, Sam Verrills, Angus Crichton, Nat Butcher were the only new additions to the Roosters'  grand final winning squad from the previous year. For the Canberra Raiders, all but one of their players played in their first NRL grand final, with centre Joseph Leilua having played for the Roosters in the 2010 Premiership decider; their second-row forward John Bateman had their most first grade grand final experience, having played in four Super League grand finals for the Wigan Warriors.


2019 NRL Grand Final, Teams
Sydney Roosters halfback Cooper Cronk was playing his 372nd and final game(323 of which were for the Melbourne Storm), retiring as the second most-capped NRL player in the competition's history. The match was his ninth first grade grand final, making him the first player since Ron Coote in 1975 to reach that mark; only Norm Provan and Brian Clay had played in more grand finals, with ten apiece. Having won premierships with Melbourne in 2017 and Sydney in 2018 and 2019, he became the first player since nine members of the Parramatta Eels 1981–83 teams to be involved in three straight premiership victories.


2019 NRL Grand Final, Teams, Officials
The officiating team, comprising two referees, two touch judges, two review officials and a stand-by in each position is given below. All four on-field officials, Ben Cummins, Gerard Sutton, Nick Beashel and Chris Butler, had officiated in previous NRL grand finals.


2019 NRL Grand Final, Teams, Officials
Numbers in brackets represent the number of grand finals officiated, including 2019.


2019 NRL Grand Final, Match summary, First half
Unfortunate circumstances robbed Canberra of an early scoring chance in the 3rd minute: Canberra prop Sia Soliola charged down Luke Keary's fifth tackle kick, but the ball bounced back off Roosters trainer Travis Touma, who was jogging around seven metres behind play. With no Roosters in the backfield and Raiders' second-rower Elliott Whitehead in best position to pursue the ball, Canberra would have been in a strong position to chase down an opening try; but, instead, the incident fell under the 'mutual interference' rule, resulting in a scrum feed to the Roosters, since the incident occurred in its defensive half.


2019 NRL Grand Final, Match summary, First half
From the ensuring set of six, the Roosters earned a repeat set and attacked the Canberra line: Boyd Cordner crossed but was held up in the 5th minute, before Sam Verrills scored the first try of the game in the 7th minute, grounding the ball next to the posts with a 10m run from dummy-half. Latrell Mitchell converted, and the Roosters led 6–0.